Rhaetian Railway
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owner/operator of the largest network of private meter-gauge railways in the largest and easternmost canton in Switzerland, Grisons
Key facts
- Native name
- Rhätische Bahn, Ferrovia retica, Viafier retica
- Status
- operating
- Owner
- Rhätische Bahn AG
- Locale
- Canton of Grisons , Switzerland, Lombardy, Italy
- Website
- www .rhb .ch
- Type
- Commuter and heavy rail
- Ridership
- 12 Million per year
- Opened
- 1888 ; 138 years ago ( 1888 )
- Line length
- 385 km (239 mi)
- Character
- Mountain railway
- Track gauge
- 1,000 mm ( 3 ft 3 + 3 ⁄ 8 in )
- Electrification
- 11 kV 16 + 2 ⁄ 3 Hz (322 km), 1000 V DC (62 km, Bernina line)
- Operating speed
- 100 km/h (62 mph)
- Highest elevation
- 2,254 m (7,395 ft)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Viafier retica SA
- Country
- Switzerland
- Located in
- Canton of the Grisons
- Area
- 152
- Founded by
- Willem Jan Holsboer
- Headquarters
- Chur
- Owned by
- Switzerland
- Industry
- rail transport
- Employees
- 1500
- Revenue
- 336000000
- Legal form
- Aktiengesellschaft
- Official website
- www.rhb.ch
- Image
- Landwasserviadukt.jpg
- Length
- 384
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- owner of
- Peist railway station
- Commons category
- Rhätische Bahn
- topic's main category
- Category:Rhaetian Railway
- track gauge
- 1000 mm track gauge
- inception
- 1888-02-07
- location of formation
- Chur
- director / manager
- Stefan Engler
- supervisory board member
- Stefan Engler
- short name
- RhB
- date of official opening
- 1888-00-00
- does not have part
- rack railway
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Encyclopedic overview
The Rhaetian Railway (German: Rhätische Bahn; Italian: Ferrovia retica; Romansh: Viafier retica), abbreviated RhB, is a Swiss transport company that owns the largest network of all private railway operators in Switzerland. Headquartered in Chur, the RhB operates all the railway lines of the Swiss canton of Grisons, except for the line from Sargans to the cantonal capital, Chur, which is operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), as well as the line from Disentis/Mustér to the Oberalp Pass and further on to Andermatt, Uri, which is operated by Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn (MGB). Inaugurated in 1888 and expanded from 1896 onwards in various sections, the RhB network is located almost entirely within Grisons, with one station across the Italian border at Tirano.
The Rhaetian Railway serves a number of major tourist destinations, such as St. Moritz and Davos. One of the RhB lines, the Bernina Railway, crosses the Bernina Pass at 2,254 metres (7,395 ft) above sea level and runs down to Tirano, Lombardy in Italy.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rhaetian Railway” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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